PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - ATSB Report on Tiger Moth stall/spin fatal accident
Old 28th Mar 2019, 19:40
  #59 (permalink)  
fatboywings
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: NSW
Age: 50
Posts: 32
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Originally Posted by Centaurus
Wouldn't the position error at that angle of attack make the IAS an unreliable indication of the real airspeed?
not necessarily. The tiger will become airborne at about 25 knots and you are know where near a 3 point attitude. How ever, there is some merit to what you say at high angles of attack. At IAS of about 28knots or less at high AOA the the instrument can read zero.
fatboywings is offline